Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1887-06-28


script, or previously agreed upon between the
merits st the Dayton Hedge than any
thing else, to prove that tits all that
It has been represented to be, As to
the financial standing of tile Dayton
Hedge Company, we are informed by
the bestsahtbDrities that it is reliable
and solid. Mr.. Wesley Young. the
tpatentee and president; is reported
by the banks TO be worth anywhere
from three. 10 four hundred thousand
dollars, and stands. high as a shreyd
business man, who. Has devoted some
20 years to perfecting his system of
hedge. fence. These patents, from
1875 TO date, securing them the. ex-
clusiVe right to use the methods for
plashing hedges. 'SizE-bending the
plants oNet,in the plane of the fence,
and securing them in position by the
use of wire or any other flexible ma
teriai, ,tJnbt 10 part of 1.-THE growing
Hedge, as ;tTine. bark of trees, or
limbs, bending the plants down at a
point near the surface of the grounds
and secGTing tiiem in position by the
use of hooks, bending the plants be-
low the surface of the ground, and
securing them in position by any
meahs.FH Besides these, they have
Iotherp patents covering different modes
of; plashing Hedges by the use OF.
stakes, yokes, boards or poles and
for putting on horizontal wires. and
toeis s!usedsin connection therewitli.t
p Through the courtesy OF Mr.. Young
We We're also. enabled to examine
some hedges planted on the Rain sys-
TEN. They ~ers on, The firm of II.
C.iS. Reed ,.nsar Mid daiet5Wh, Warren
county. They were simply standard
hedges, cut off, and permitted TO
grow up thickly. They are open to
the same objection as Dur own standj
arEla hedge systeme%and Mr.. Reed
having tried Ib0th told us that The
Dayton Hedge gave him the best sat.
isfactioI. In the RAIN; system, the /,
plants were set Straight, not wired,
and grew up pusay and stoppyi shads
ing the, lower branches and killing
them. He spoke highly Of the Uay<
ton Hedge: and said his neiShbors
who had used it we're wei satisfied
with it and never heard any speak
detrimental of it. We visited; the
farm of William HaBlSins0i1. of Blue
Ball, Butler county, who had some Of
the Dayton ltedge. He said. 81 like
livery welband think tits success VI
/ could quote other farmers also, !,
but as this is already long, space will.
not permit. D A. word as to the work
of '' The Dayton Hedge Company.si9
1t was first-orgauized IN 1876, al.
though Mr.. Young had been working
up5tIle system before 1t has plant /
ed in that timeloyer 3 1000 miles OF
hedge, aud started other companies,
IviIfcti- have ssiao- ,laTteCi iurgely East
Tennessee Hedge Co.; Clarksville
(Tenn. Hedge Co. Kentucky Hedge
Co..; Paris (Ken.) Hedge Co. +; Blue
Grass Hedge Co. (Ken.) Michigan
Hedge CO.; Florida Orange Hedge
Co. Shenandoah. Valley Hedge and
Wire Fence Co.; New Jersey Hedge
CO.; Maryland Hedge Co., and
Southern Pennsylvania Hedge Conn
pany, while the Chester County Hedge
Company is about being organized in
this county. The hedge therefore,
being thoroughly tested, and proven
to be durable, handsome and econom-
ical, and thoroughly stock-proof.-
Last year the company put in about
one mile of the hedge for Mrs. Gar
field on her farm near Mentor, Ohio.
Our party was greatly pleased
with the trip to Ohio, and especially
with the proof of the excellence of
the hedges as grown, according 70
the system of The Dayton Hedge
Company, and also with the hospita-
BILE treatment of the company's off,
GERS, WHO gave them every opportu-
nifty to fully investigate the merits of
their system of hedge fencing. As
the question of fencing Is of vital inn
portance to our farmers at present
and is the subject of much contro-
vcrsy. among leading agriculturists,
our farmers will be pleased to know
that this system of the Dayton Hedge
Co. is practical, economical. durable
and seems entirely to fiil the BILL
Extending thanks to Messrs. A. r.
Graham and Wesley Young for cour-
tesics, I am yours, &c, II.
A TTGTTNfnNTAT